Շորժա
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Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Azerbaijani Şorca (literally “salty place”), from şor (“salty”), from Persian شور (šur). The -ժ- (-ž-) reflects a dialectal Azerbaijani pronunciation of the suffix -ca.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /ʃoɾˈʒɑ/, [ʃoɾʒɑ́]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /ʃoɾˈʒɑ/, [ʃoɾʒɑ́]
Proper noun[edit]
Շորժա • (Šorža)
- Former name of Շողակաթ (Šoġakatʻ), a village located on the shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia
Declension[edit]
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Շորժա (Šorža) | |||
| dative | Շորժայի (Šoržayi) | |||
| ablative | Շորժայից (Šoržayicʻ) | |||
| instrumental | Շորժայով (Šoržayov) | |||
| locative | Շորժայում (Šoržayum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | Շորժան (Šoržan) | |||
| dative | Շորժային (Šoržayin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | Շորժաս (Šoržas) | |||
| dative | Շորժայիս (Šoržayis) | |||
| ablative | Շորժայիցս (Šoržayicʻs) | |||
| instrumental | Շորժայովս (Šoržayovs) | |||
| locative | Շորժայումս (Šoržayums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | Շորժադ (Šoržad) | |||
| dative | Շորժայիդ (Šoržayid) | |||
| ablative | Շորժայիցդ (Šoržayicʻd) | |||
| instrumental | Շորժայովդ (Šoržayovd) | |||
| locative | Շորժայումդ (Šoržayumd) | |||
Further reading[edit]
- Hakobyan, Tʻ. X., Melikʻ-Baxšyan, St. T., Barseġyan, H. X. (1991) “Շորժա”, in Hayastani ew harakicʻ šrǰanneri teġanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Regions] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 151b